NGT asked for a rehabilitation plan for displaced Brus in Tripura

The Eastern Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a response from the Tripura to resettle over 40,000 displaced Brus of western Mizoram in the reserved forest.

Context

The Eastern Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a response from the Tripura to resettle over 40,000 displaced Brus of western Mizoram in the reserved forest.

• The NGT asked the state to submit the Bru rehabilitation plan to the bench before July 14, 2021.

About the Brus settlement Issue

• People of the Brutribe fled to Tripura, following a series of communal attacks on them in October 1997 in the villages of western Mizoram.
• In January 2020, the agreement of Bru settlement in Tripura was signed by Tripura, Mizoram and the Centre with Bru organizations to resolve the impasse of about 40,000 Brus.
• The complaint was filed with the NGT against the government’s plan to rehabilitate the Brus, claiming it violates Section 2 of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. 

National Green Tribunal(NGT)

• The National Green Tribunal has been established in 2010, under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010.
• The Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by principles of natural justice.

• Order of Tribunal is executable as a decree of a civil court.
• The Tribunal is mandated to make and endeavor for disposal of applications or appeals finally within 6 months of the filing of the same.
• New Delhi is the Principal Place of Sitting of the Tribunal and Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai shall be the other four place of sitting of the Tribunal.
• An appeal against the order of the NGT lies to the Supreme Court, generally within ninety days from the date of the communication.